These past few days have been hot, which I do not like—at all. I’ve never been a fan of high temps or humidity. Nor do I like extreme cold weather. Just call me Goldilocks. I like it just right, which is also known as 70 degrees with a nice cool breeze.
Sometimes I spend too much time thinking about food … what do I feel like making? This? Uh-uh. Well, how about this instead? And so on. It’s takes a lot of work to keep me happily fed, but when it’s hot outside, I really don’t like turning on the oven or even cooking at times.
My goal during hot summer days is to eat well but spend a minimal amount of time over a hot stove or with the oven on. Thankfully, these sandwiches keep my belly full and happy and don’t require much time in the kitchen. I’ve always been a huge fan of pineapple on burgers, so logically I should love them on grilled chicken too. And I do. I really, really do. These sandwiches come together quickly and are so delicious.
Hawaiian Grilled Chicken Sandwich
Ingredients
- 2 large boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 1 can (8 ounce) pineapple rings (reserve juice for marinade)
- 2 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 4 slices provolone cheese
- 4 hamburger buns or kaiser rolls
Instructions
- Cut each breast in half, so you have 4 pieces in total. Pound the chicken to a uniform thickness, if needed.
- In a Ziploc bag, combine pineapple juice, soy sauce, brown sugar, and mustard. Add the chicken breasts and marinate overnight in the fridge.
- Heat a grill over medium high heat and coat with a teaspoon of canola oil. Cook chicken 4-6 minutes on each side or until cooked through. Remove from pan and top with slice of cheese. Cover loosely with aluminum foil.
- Add pineapple rings to grill pan and cook for 1-2 minutes on each side. Remove and set aside.
- Butter buns and place butter-side down in grill pan. Cook for 30 seconds or until buns are lightly toasted.
- Spread mayo on buns, if desired, then top with chicken and pineapple ring. Serve immediately.
Enjoy!
Tanya
Ha, loved the weather thoughts – spoken like a true Californian. 😉 This recipe looks delicious! I usually make turkey burgers (Martha Stewart’s recipe) with Dijon and love the slight kick from it, so I’ll give this a try. Thanks for sharing!
We’re are so spoiled! 🙂 Those turkey burgers sound good – I’m not a huge fan of hamburger but for whatever reason – I’m okay with turkey burgers. 🙂 Let me know how you like the sandwiches!
These sound fabulous. I’ll skip the cheese, but the rest sounds wonderful.
Just a quick tip: I learned that marinating for a long time does nothing to the meat. So you can put the chicken in the marinade for about 5 minutes & they are good to go. They will turn our the same as if you had marinated them overnight.
Thanks for the tip, Maggie! That’s good to know. Especially since I have been known to forget to marinade the meat overnight! 🙂
Hi Tanya,
OMGoodness this looks so yummy. I never tried pineapple with burgers but these are definitely worth giving a try.
I’m not much of a fan of cooking during these hot summers months either. And love fall-like temps too 🙂
Thanks for sharing this recipe! TGIF!
Definitely give it a try Corina! Pineapple just adds a little oomph that I can’t resist, especially when it get a bit caramelized from cooking on the grill. On hot days, I don’t like cooking. I wish I could say I don’t like eating too but that never happens! You have a great weekend too!
I love pineapple on chicken sandwiches too. And just like you, I am a mild temperature fan. Not too hot, not too cold. Thanks for sharing a delicious recipe and enjoy the weekend Tanya!
I love mild temps and most of the time, it’s pretty darn nice in California. But we do get some hot days which just throw me for a loop. Although I can handle a hot August day better than an unseasonably warm February day. Just seems wrong! 🙂 You have a great weekend too, Sicorra!
Wowww! Thank you for this recipe. Will definitely try it one night for hubby. Yummy!
You’re welcome! I hope your hubby loves it. I know I did. 🙂
Mmmmmm, this sounds simply divine! I love meats cooked with pineapple. I think I have everything I need to make these, too. So I know what’s for dinner this evening! 🙂
Excellent! You’ll have to learn me know how it turns out. I thought they were delicious and appreciated not overheating while I made them! 🙂
Came here from the I am Woman blog hop.
I just want to say….yuuummm! Can’t go wrong with chicken and pineapple, coming from someone who lives in Hawaii 🙂
Thanks for sharing this recipe
I feel pretty spoiled living in California but Hawaii – lucky you!! 🙂 Chicken and pineapple were just meant to be together. Sort of like sunshine and palm trees, right?
Looks delicious! I think the girls would even eat this. 🙂 Have a great weekend!
Thanks, Shannon! I think the girls and Chris would enjoy this. 🙂
I don’t eat meat, but I love the flavor profiles in this sandwich! I think I’ll make up some chickpea patties and have a Hawaiian grilled chickpea sandwich for lunch. Yum! 🙂
I bet it would be great on a chickpea patty. You’ll have to let me know how it turns out. I love veggie burgers!
Thanks, Tanya – just reading this recipe made my mouth water! My husband’s the cook in our house, so I’ll see if I can persuade him to give it a try 🙂
I know I gobbled up my sandwich! LOL! Hopefully you can convince your husband to make this sandwich. It’s pretty darn delicious!!
Yum! Now if I cooked, this would be a great sandwich to make. Know any restaurants that could make it for me? lol
LOL! The first place I ever had a teriyaki sandwhich was Red Robin. It was a burger but boy – was it delicious. And so messy. I love to cook but I also love it when I can get someone else to cook for me! 🙂
Dang, that looks delicious! Thanks for sharing, going to try it.
You’re very welcome, Kyle! Let me know how you like it!